Women will go out of the house looking any old way in the world! But how will they be so attractive as to be dangerous to themselves and therefore need protecting? How will men even tell them apart? HOW WILL WE KNOW WHO IS THE PRETTIEST?????

And THAT'S why the flu is for poor people.

Don't be crazy. You know pregnancy and reproduction are not economic issues, and therefore do not belong in discussions about what policy we need now. Lady things—all of them—are just distractions from "jobs" and "economy." Also, you must be talking about public school teachers getting sick, in which case, meh. …

The "Land Mass Between New Orleans and Mobile" thanks you for your humor, Doug! Our most righteous Prayer Warriors have been through a severe and punitive screening process. Those deemed worthy and pure are currently perched atop an oil rig, invoking God's Will to cause the storm to spin back out to sea and…

1. They, not you, initiated the rehoming process. Make sure that's clear in every conversation you have to have about this. You would not have contacted the shelter in the first place, had you not received an URGENT call saying that the kitten was in a dangerous situation. I have a friend who fosters, who homed a…

Same. Some people are not prepared enough to be honest and self-aware when it comes to what they want—both critical in not screwing over other people, in setting useful personal boundaries, and in identifying what will NOT make you happy in personal relationships. My regret about "hook-up culture" is not that it…

Oh I in no way intended to imply that the questions cannot be answered, only that they have not been answered by most states. You can't exactly mandate a pee or hair follicle test to identify a rapist. Being a rapist doesn't normally interfere with job performance, so a rapist's boss or coworkers are unlikely to…

It should simply be a matter of evidence collection, and be paid for by law enforcement. Unfortunately, good evidence collection, processing, and preservation, is a serious challenge for a lot of states—right now, Wayne County, Michigan is processing a backlog of literally thousands of rape kits that have revealed a…

Oh I guarantee that's at the heart of the mountain of legislative inaction we're seeing here. It's not an easy question. What evidence SHOULD a court go on when a mother alleges she got pregnant through rape? Courts can't go on a bare allegation in divorce cases where physical abuse is alleged. And since parental…

You're clearly unaware of the fact that, generally, federal law stays the hell away from divorce, custody, and other "family law" issues, which are primarily and predominantly within the states' responsibility to legislate and deal with. So no, nobody on Capitol Hill is discussing this, and if they were, the "small…

I wish this was not so painfully true, but it absolutely is. It's hard enough for women to divorce on grounds of physical abuse. Without a conviction, how is a woman supposed to prove to a family court judge she was raped? What is the judge supposed to go on when no statutes or appellate decisions address that…

Judges can't just take an assertion made by one party and run with it. They are bound by the law. In the absence of a law that deals with the issue of custody where pregnancy was the result of rape, they have to apply the existing law, which is VERY protective of parental rights and joint custody. Yes, a guy who…

I was coming to say something very similar. I'm going to have to watch it again. It REALLY stood out to me that putting on the "black" and "woman" costumes started with a wig and a rolled up hankie/headband, but progressed to full-on blackface. The whole thing is amazing, and I know I've missed something somewhere.

Well-played

I always wished The West Wing would do a storyline like that with Ainsley Hayes. She was awesome, and I know she was a minor character, but I would have loved to see her confront some serious "Women shouldn't *actually* vote" powerful types in her party.

What's that? Your state spent over $11 million in emergency unpaid, uncovered medical costs on care related to unintended pregnancies, births, and post-birth last year? Well, preventing unwanted pregnancy is a SOCIAL issue, related to LIFESTYLES and CONVENIENCE, which silly women prioritize over the economy. …

If it was appropriate to call someone a Stage Five Clinger, I would say it about Taylor Swift in this scenario. That said, who knows what her boyfriend's relationship with his family is, and whether he really insisted she go with him, over all objections, which would put him very close to Stage Five Clinger territory…

I can't find a gif of it, but in "Not Another Teen Movie," Mr. T says "Believe in the ball—and throw yourself." That was my first thought when I saw this. LOL. Helluva landing, but my bet is the dog is fine.

If nobody replies to this thing with a goatse photo, then the Internet has failed.

HELL TO THE NO, PAUL RYAN! You don't get to co-sponsor 8 anti-choice bills, one of which attempts to redefine rape, have one of your idiot co-sponsors mouth off in an idiotic way about rape, then run on a platform that says no-abortion-no-exceptions, and then say you didn't really mean what you attempted to PASS INTO…